'Bachelorette' alum Emily Maynard becomes a grandmother after daughter Ricki welcomes first child
Maynard's 20-year-old daughter Ricki Hendrick gave birth to her first child, sharing hospital photos on Instagram
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Former "Bachelorette" star Emily Maynard is celebrating a major life milestone.
The 39-year-old reality star is now a grandmother, after her daughter, Josephine "Ricki" Hendrick, announced Friday she had given birth to her first child.
Hendrick shared the announcement on her Instagram, which featured a black-and-white photo of her looking at her baby after undergoing a C-section, and another of Maynard and her husband, Tyler Johnson, holding the baby in the hospital.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Best day ever." she captioned the post.
Maynard is celebrating a major milestone. (James Devaney/GC Images)
Hendrick announced her pregnancy in August, sharing a video of an ultrasound on her Instagram story. She then changed her Instagram bio to say, "The first ever 20 year old to get pregnant," which now says, "romis mom."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Maynard first won the hearts of Bachelor Nation when she appeared on Season 15 of "The Bachelor," competing for Brad Womack's heart, finishing the season as the runner-up. She was then chosen as the lead for Season 8 of "The Bachelorette" in 2012, ending the season engaged to Jef Holm, though their engagement ended soon after.
"I always say I should not give anyone any 'Bachelor' and 'Bachelorette' tips because it has kind of been a train wreck, to be quite honest. My time on the show was a bit of a mess," Maynard told "Good Morning America" in January 2017.
She later added that the advice she would give to those on the show is to "just have fun" with it.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Maynard got engaged to Holm after her season of "The Bachelorette," but they broke up soon after. (Jerritt Clark/WireImage)
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When Maynard was 18, her fiancé, NASCAR driver Ricky Hendrick, died in a plane crash. She later found out she was pregnant with his child.
"The first couple of years were so hard," Maynard told People in December 2020 about life as a single mom after her fiancé's death. "I didn’t know if I was coming or going. I was lost. I went to therapists, but I knew nothing they would tell me was going to make me feel better. Mine was an issue of the heart that I needed to work out myself. And I knew that time would do that."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Maynard ended up finding love with Johnson after they met at church and started dating in January 2013 after her breakup with Holm.
The two of them got engaged a year later in January 2014 and tied the knot later that year in June. Since getting married, the two have welcomed five children together: Jennings, 10, Gibson, 9, Gatlin, 8, Magnolia, 5, and Jones, 2.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Maynard married Tyler Johnson in 2014. (Amy Tierney/WireImage)
"Tyler is my very best friend," she told People. "When he proposed, I was sobbing!"